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G. W. MANSON.

Churn.

Patented Feb. [12, 1867.

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GEORGE W. MANSON, OF BUXTON, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO NIOHOLAS-W.

MANSON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 62,046, dated February 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GHURNS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MANSON, oi Buxton, in the county of York, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Churnsfand I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which is illustrated the subject of my invention, consisting in a combination of devices for operating two dashers in a churn, the dashers moving vertically.

A shows the body of a churn, constructed of the form indicated in the drawing. 13 shows It wheel fitted with gearing, and revolting upon an axis set into the side of the body of the churn ;-c, the crank by which the wheel is turned. D is a-smaller wheel, whose gearing works into that of B. The wheel D is four times smaller than I3. E is a crank-shaft, upon the end of which the wheel D is rigidly attached. F is a working-beam, oscillating upon the pivotf on the support-G, and moved by the crank-shaft by means of the connecting-rod ll. To the ends of the working-beam are attached dashers s s. The revolution of the'wheel B moves the working-beam F by the wheel I), crank-shaft E, and rodJh. L shows the churn cover, held by the hooks t t. (in the churn body, andimmediately within the cover L, is a moulding, over which the cover L is placed'to prevent the contents of the churn, when being used, from eseapin The dashers 818 work through the stuffinghoxos or. In each of these is fixed a disk of rubber, having a perforation. which tightly encompasses the dasher, in order to retain within the churn all of the contents thereof adherihg to the dasher at each successive stroke. r1 10 show set-screws attaching the dashers to the working-beam. When the. cover L is required to be removed, these screws are taken out, the dashers freed from the working-beam, and left standing in the churn. The crank-shaft is secured at its ends by supports on the cover of the churn.

I do not claim a churn of any particular construction; neither do I claim the arrangement or operation of. the two dashers; neither do I claim any form or tlcscription of fl1tSllClS.'

The rejected application of Isaac B. Jones, received and filed June 28, 1862, embraces a. claim for a different combination from that exhibited in my application, and includes a difi'er'ent method of'operating the churn dashers. W i I do not claim a churn in two compartments, separated by a partition, with apertures at the bottom, when used in combination with two dashers in each compartment, these two sets of dashers being opera-ted in opposite directions; neither do I claim the cmnbination of two geared wheels, t-wo connecting-rods,.a-nd two levers, for the purpose of moving two sets of double dashers, the two connecting'rods being attached to two cranks set in opposite directions; neitherdo I claim the device for a churn as shown and described in Lows Elements of Agriculture," page 542, figs. 178 and 179; but .what I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a means of imparting motion to two dashers in a churn, the arrangement of the geared Wheel B, geared, wheell). crank-shaft I), coimectjng-rod l1, and working-beam I swinging on the supportG, the working-beam F being so connected with the two dashers that it can be separated from the dashers when the cover of the churn is to he removed, in the manner and for the purposes set forth. I

GEORGE W. MANSON. i

Witnesses:

Tries. BnAncuny,

SAMUEL HILL. 

